There have been plenty of rumors about the original Star Wars cast returning for the Disney movies. …
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Asked whether members of the original Star Wars cast will appear in Episode VII and if he called them before the deal closed to keep them informed, Lucas says, "We had already signed Mark and Carrie and Harrison-or we were pretty much in final stages of negotiation. So I called them to say, ‘Look, this is what's going on.' " He pauses. "Maybe I'm not supposed to say that. I think they want to announce that with some big whoop-de-do, but we were negotiating with them." Then he adds: "I won't say whether the negotiations were successful or not."

I know Lucas has retired, but I'm pretty sure he's still pretty darned aware of what's happening in the cinematic Star Wars universe. So even if Disney publicly denies this, unless somebody actually dies, I think we can all pretty much accept this as fact.